CVE-2017-17818

Published: Dec 21, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read that will cause a remote denial of service attack, related to a while loop in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c.

Affected (2)

Products: Nasm: Netwide Assembler · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Nasm Netwide Assembler	Version 2.14 rc0

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (4)

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392428

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392428

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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